“The abolition spirit is undeniably atheistic,' the pastor said in 1860.
On Friday, Rhodes College announced Palmer Hall would be renamed Southwestern Hall because its namesake was an ardent supporter of slavery who used the Bible to justify those views.
“This recommendation is based on the committee’s detailed investigation of the principal legacy of Benjamin Palmer, which was found to be fundamentally at odds with our college Vision,” the committee said. “At the same time, the committee recommends that appropriate measures are taken by the administration to insure that the college’s history is not forgotten.”
During a sermon in 1860, Palmer said the South was called to “resent and resist” the “impertinence of human legislation” that sets bounds to what only God can regulate. Their “duty” as bestowed to them by a trust from God, as Palmer put it, was to conserve and transmit the “system of slavery, with the freest scope for its natural development and extension.”
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